Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Çevresel Antropoloji
	English	Environmental Anthoropology
Course Code	YSB 629E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	-	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Bülent Arıkan
Course Objectives		1. To illustrate the relationship between environment and human societies, 2. To identify the relationship between social organization and environment, 3. To juxtapose environmental problems with a cultural background.
Course Description		Dynamic and complex structure of human-environment relationships, societies of different cultural structure and environmental conditions, direct or indirect influences of these relationships on cultures.
Course Outcomes		M.Sc. students who take this course gain knowledge, skills and proficiency in the following subjects 1. The history of human-environment relationships, 2. Understanding the common thepretical perspectives in environmental and behavioral sciences, 3. The impacts of human societies on environment, 4. The impact of environmental conditions on the social organization, 5. Local environmental and cultural knowledge, 6. Adaptation processes.
Pre-requisite(s)		None
Required Facilities
Other
Textbook		Haenn, Nora and Richard R. Wilk (eds.). 2006. The Environment in Anthropology. A Reader in Ecology, Culture, and Sustainable Living. New York University Press, New York.
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